The
artificial intelligence that Pixel was based off of, Paloma, secretly
began an agenda to unite the megacorporations with the help of the
Morlocks, to end the conflicts that were tearing apart the world.
Herod interfered, wanting the power that had already been amassed
for his own agenda. In the end, both Herod and Paloma lost control.
Conflicts would have drastically escalated to claim bits of the power
they had left behind had control not been assumed by Powerslam. The
megacorps that had already been united: Canmore, Novachrome, Pixel,
and a number of smaller corporations, have merged into a single entity
named in tribute of Powerslam's murdered sister, the Hope Conglomerate.